Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 4–Assemblymen Hettrick, Anderson, Andonov, Angle, Arberry, Atkinson, Beers, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Chowning, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Griffin, Gustavson, Hardy, Horne, Knecht, Koivisto, Leslie, Mabey, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams

 

February 27, 2003

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Joint Sponsors: Senators Raggio, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Cegavske, Coffin, Hardy, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, Nolan, O’Connell, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Tiffany, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

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Read and Adopted

 

SUMMARY—Honors longest-serving Legislators, Joseph E. Dini, Jr., and Lawrence E. Jacobsen. (BDR R‑158)

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

Assembly Concurrent RESOLUTION—Honoring the longest-serving Legislators in the State of Nevada, Joseph E. Dini, Jr., and Lawrence E. Jacobsen.

 

1-1  Whereas, The two longest-serving members of the Nevada

1-2  Legislature are former Assemblyman Joseph E. Dini, Jr., and former

1-3  Senator Lawrence E. Jacobsen; and

1-4  Whereas, Assemblyman Dini is a native of Yerington, an

1-5  alumnus of the University of Nevada, Reno, and a Nevada

1-6  businessman; and

1-7  Whereas, Assemblyman Dini served for 36 years in the

1-8  Nevada Legislature, beginning in 1966 when he was elected to the

1-9  Nevada State Assembly; and

2-1  Whereas, Assemblyman Dini served in the Nevada State

2-2  Assembly for a record 18 regular sessions and 5 special sessions and

2-3  was recognized for his strong leadership abilities by election to

2-4  Speaker of the Assembly in 1977, serving an unprecedented eight

2-5  times in that capacity; and

2-6  Whereas, “Mr. Speaker,” as Assemblyman Dini has been

2-7  known affectionately by colleagues and staff alike, was recognized

2-8  as an expert on numerous issues, including the management of

2-9  Nevada’s water resources; and

2-10      Whereas, Assemblyman Dini took the leadership role in many

2-11  areas affecting the State of Nevada, from equity issues of revenues

2-12  for education to safeguarding the clear waters of Lake Tahoe, in

2-13  which he worked to develop a compact with California to control

2-14  growth in the Lake Tahoe Basin; and

2-15      Whereas, “Mr. Speaker” has forwarded the international

2-16  interests of the State of Nevada by developing cooperative relations

2-17  with the Province of Taiwan of the Republic of China, and in April

2-18  2000, he was honored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the

2-19  Republic of China with the Friendship Medal of Diplomacy; and

2-20      Whereas, In 2001, Speaker Dini was bestowed the honorary

2-21  title of Speaker Emeritus, a first for a Nevada Legislator; and

2-22      Whereas, Senator Lawrence E. Jacobsen is a native of

2-23  Gardnerville, served his country throughout World War II and is a

2-24  decorated survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor; and

2-25      Whereas, Senator Jacobsen served for a remarkable 40 years in

2-26  the Nevada Legislature, which included 20 regular legislative

2-27  sessions and 8 special sessions, this being an all-time record for

2-28  legislative service in the State of Nevada; and

2-29      Whereas, In 1963, Senator Jacobsen began his tenure in the

2-30  Legislature with election to the Nevada State Assembly, and he

2-31  remained in the Assembly for 16 years and was elected Speaker of

2-32  the Assembly for the 1971 Session; and

2-33      Whereas, In 1979, Senator Jacobsen began serving in the

2-34  Nevada State Senate and was President pro Tempore of the Senate

2-35  for seven legislative sessions, setting a record for the longest service

2-36  of any Senator in this capacity in Nevada history; and

2-37      Whereas, Senator Jacobsen was a member of the Legislative

2-38  Commission for 26 years, 6 of those years serving as the Chairman

2-39  of the Commission, as well as being a member of the Interim

2-40  Finance Committee for 12 years; and

2-41      Whereas, Senator Jacobsen took a particular interest in the

2-42  buildings, grounds and staff of the Legislature and the Legislative

2-43  Counsel Bureau, being the main force behind moving the

2-44  Legislature out of the crowded Capitol Building and into a new and

2-45  completely separate Legislative Building; and

3-1  Whereas, Senator Jacobsen represented the Nevada Legislature

3-2  for many years through his work on numerous committees of the

3-3  National Conference of State Legislatures and the Council of State

3-4  Governments; and

3-5  Whereas, Always a strong supporter of the military veterans of

3-6  this state, Senator Jacobsen sponsored more legislation for the

3-7  benefit of veterans than any legislator before him; and

3-8  Whereas, The long and distinguished careers of Assemblyman

3-9  Joseph E. Dini, Jr., and Senator Lawrence E. Jacobsen will forever

3-10  serve as models of public service for future members of the Nevada

3-11  Legislature; now, therefore, be it

3-12      Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the

3-13  Senate Concurring, That the members of the Nevada

3-14  Legislature pay special tribute to and express sincere gratitude to

3-15  Assemblyman Joseph E. Dini, Jr., and Senator Lawrence E.

3-16  Jacobsen in recognition of their long records of public service to

3-17  Nevada; and be it further

3-18      Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and

3-19  transmit a copy of this resolution to former Assemblyman Joseph E.

3-20  Dini, Jr., and to former Senator Lawrence E. Jacobsen.

 

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